Notable Design Books of 2011
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| Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty | Bolton, Andrew | Yale University Press | $50.00 |
| Architecture in Uniform | Cohen, Jean-Louis | Yale University Press | $50.00 |
| Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention | Ryan, Zoë | Yale University Press | $60.00 |
| To Make a World | Nemerov, Alexander | Yale University Press | $45.00 |
| Missed Connections | Blackall, Sophie | Workman | $13.95 |
| The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in Architecture | Pallasmaa, Juhani | John Wiley & Sons | $45.00 |
| Graphic Design: Now in Production | Lupton, Ellen et al. | Walker Art Center; distributed by D.A.P. | |
| Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture | Hill, John | W. W. Norton | $29.95 |
| TD 63-73: Total Design and Its Pioneering Role in Graphic Design | Bos, Ben | Unit Editions | $55.00 |
| Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey | Brook, Tony et al. | Unit Editions | $27.00 |
| Rising Currents | Bergdoll, Barry | The Museum of Modern Art | $24.95 |
| Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture | Balmori, Diana et al. | The Monacelli Press | $50.00 |
| California Design 1930–1965 | Kaplan, Wendy | The MIT Press | $60.00 |
| Helvetica and the New York City Subway System | Shaw, Paul | The MIT Press | $39.95 |
| Spacesuit | de Monchaux, Nicholas | The MIT Press | $34.95 |
| Voiture Minimum | Amado Lorenzo, Antonio | The MIT Press | $49.95 |
| Textiles, the Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, Significances | Gordon, Beverly | Thames & Hudson | $60.00 |
| Gerhard Richter: Panorama | Godfrey, Mark et al. | Tate Gallery Publishing | |
| Menu Design in America | Heller, Steven et al. | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Project Japan | Koolhaas, Rem et al. | TASCHEN | $59.99 |
| Combinatory Urbanism | Mayne, Thom | Stray Dog Cafe | $39.95 |
| The Ruins of Detroit | Marchand, Yves et al. | Steidl | $125.00 |
| Seven Books Grey | Dean, Tacita | Steidl | $98.00 |
| Cecil Beaton | Albrecht, Donald | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Steve Jobs | Isaacson, Walter | Simon & Schuster | $35.00 |
| New York Bikes | Castagnetti, Michele | Self Published | $19.99 |
| Spatial Agency | Awan, Nishat et al. | Routledge | $44.95 |
| Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul | Schultz, Howard et al. | Rodale | $25.99 |
| Richard Prince: American Prayer | Rubin, Robert | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| African Metropolitan Architecture | Adjaye, David | Rizzoli International Publications | $100.00 |
| Balenciaga and Spain | Bowles, Hamish | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Edward Durell Stone | Stone, Hicks | Rizzoli International Publications | $85.00 |
| Hussein Chalayan | Violette, Robert et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $85.00 |
| Julius Shulman, Los Angeles | Lubell, Sam et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $60.00 |
| KieranTimberlake: Inquiry | Kieran, Stephen et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $55.00 |
| Tomorrow’s Houses | Gorlin, Alexander et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $65.00 |
| Usefulness in Small Things | Colin, Kim et al. | Rizzoli International Publications | $29.95 |
| A House for an Art Collector | Adjaye, David | Rizzoli International Publications | $50.00 |
| The Death and Life of Great American Cities: 50th Anniversary Edition | Jacobs, Jane | Random House/Modern Library | $23.00 |
| Identify | Chermayeff, Ivan et al. | Print Publishing | $45.00 |
| Kissing Architecture | Lavin, Sylvia | Princeton University Press | $16.95 |
| The Architectural Detail | Ford, Edward R. | Princeton Architectural Press | $40.00 |
| The Houses of William Wurster: Frames for Living | Brostrom, Caitlin Lempres et al. | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| Maps | Scher, Paula | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 |
| Pamphlet Architecture 11–20 | Holl, Steven | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| Reveal: Studio Gang Architects | Gang, Jeanne | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch | Thwaites, Thomas | Princeton Architectural Press | $19.95 |
| Toward a New Interior | Weinthal, Lois | Princeton Architectural Press | $45.00 |
| Floating Worlds | Neumeyer, Peter F. | Pomegranate Press | $35.00 |
| Living in the Endless City | Burdett, Ricky et al. | Phaidon Press | $69.95 |
| Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible | Lovell, Sophie | Phaidon Press | $95.00 |
| Gerrit Rietveld | van Zijl, Ida | Phaidon Press | $75.00 |
| A Taxonomy of Office Chairs | Olivares, Jonathan | Phaidon Press | $39.95 |
| Believing Is Seeing | Morris, Errol | Penguin | $40.00 |
| 100 Artists’ Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists | Danchev, Alex | Penguin | $20.99 |
| Food Rules | Pollan, Michael et al. | Penguin | |
| Triumph of the City | Glaeser, Edward | Penguin | $29.95 |
| 344 Questions | Bucher, Stefan | New Riders Press | $11.99 |
| How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive | Boucher, Christopher | Melville House | $15.00 |
| Cultural Connectives: Bridging the Latin and Arabic Alphabets | Rjeily, Rana Abou | Mark Batty Publisher | $34.95 |
| Redheaded Peckerwood | Patterson, Christian | MACK | $65.00 |
| Why We Broke Up | Handler, Daniel et al. | Little, Brown and Co. | $19.99 |
| Bossypants | Fey, Tina | Little, Brown and Co. | |
| Collected | Gladwell, Malcolm et al. | Little, Brown and Co. | $80.00 |
| Rethinking Design and Interiors | Caan, Shashi | Laurence King Publishing | $29.95 |
| Bob Gill, so far. | Gill, Bob | Laurence King Publishing | $50.00 |
| Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design | Kirkham, Pat et al. | Laurence King Publishing | $75.00 |
| Symbol | Hyland, Angus et al. | Laurence King Publishing | $40.00 |
| Maharam Agenda | Maharam, Michael | Lars Müller Publishers | $65.00 |
| Atlas | Richter, Gerhard | Walther König Verlag | |
| Typography for Lawyers | Butterick, Matthew | Jones McClure Publishing | $25.00 |
| Urban Design Since 1945 | Shane, David Grahame | John Wiley & Sons | $45.00 |
| The Agile City | Russell, James | Island Press | $35.00 |
| By the City/For the City | Guiney, Anne et al. | Institute for Urban Design | $35.00 |
| Rebels in Paradise | Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter | Henry Holt and Company | $32,50 |
| Wirrwarr | Mayer H., Jürgen et al. | Hatje Cantz | $300.00 |
| Flying Without a Net | DeLong, Thomas J. | Harvard Business Review Press | $29.95 |
| Radioactive | Redniss, Lauren | HarperCollins | $29.99 |
| Less and More | Ueki-Polet, Keiko et al. | Gestalten | |
| Ready to Print | Nickel, Kristina | Gestalten | $78.00 |
| Visual Storytelling | Klanten, Robert et al. | Gestalten | $68.00 |
| Beauty Is in the Street | Kugelberg, Johan et al. | Four Corners Books; distributed by D.A.P. | $40.00 |
| High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky | David, Joshua et al. | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $29.95 |
| Star Wars: The Blueprints | Rinzler, J. W. | Epic Ink | $500.00 |
| People | Blexbolex, | Enchanted Lion Books | $19.95 |
| Chi ha paura...?-Who’s afraid...? | Cappellieri, Alba | Electa | |
| Cédric Delsaux: Dark Lens | Delsaux, Cédric | Editions Xavier Barral | $75.00 |
| Design with the Other 90%: Cities | Smith, Cynthia | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum | $29.95 |
| Bals | Foulkes, Nicholas | Assouline | $175.00 |
| Design*Sponge at Home | Bonney, Grace | Artisan | $35.00 |
| The Latin American Photobook | Fernández, Horacio et al. | Aperture | $52.00 |
| New York: The Story of a Great City | Henry, Sarah | André Deutsch | $39.95 |
| Alexander Girard | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books | $200 |
| Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life | Oldham, Todd et al. | AMMO Books | $29.95 |
| Roberto Burle Marx: The Modernity of Landscape | El-Dahdah, Farès et al. | Actar | $49.95 |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Immordino Vreeland, Lisa | Abrams | $55.00 |
| Katie Ridder: Rooms | MacIsaac, Heather | Abrams | $50.00 |
| Sagmeister: Another Book About Promotion and Sales Material | Sagmeister, Stefan et al. | Abrams | $40.00 |
| Designing for Emotion | Walter, Aarron | A Book Apart | $18.00 |
| And I Shall Have Some Peace There | Roach, Margaret | Grand Central Publishing | $25.99 |
| Ootje Oxenaar: Designer + Commissioner | Kuijpers, Els | nai010 Publishers | $38.35 |
| OLIVE (A Handbook to Protect Your Life) | Nosigner, | Media Factory | ¥ 1,000 ($12.88) |
Announcements
Now is Better by Stefan Sagmeister
Now is Better
By Stefan Sagmeister
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: October 2023
Combining art, design, history, and quantitative analysis, transforms data sets into stunning artworks that underscore his positive view of human progress, inspiring us to think about the future with much-needed hope.
Design Emergency: Building a Better Future by Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Design Emergency: Building a Better Future
By Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: May 2022
Rawsthorn and Antonelli tell the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes—Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology—the authors present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from advances in science and technology.
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Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People by Debbie Millman
Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People
By Debbie Millman
Publisher: Harper Design
Published: February 22, 2022
Debbie Millman—author, educator, brand consultant, and host of the widely successful and award-winning podcast “Design Matters”—showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews, bringing together insights and reflections from today’s leading creative minds from across diverse fields.
Milton Glaser: POP by Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Milton Glaser: POP
By Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: March 2023
This collection of work from graphci design legend Milton Glaser’s Pop period features hundreds of examples of the designer’s work that have not been seen since their original publication, demonstrating the graphic revolution that transformed design and popular culture.
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Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange
Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
By Alexandra Lange
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: June 2022
Chronicles postwar architects’ and merchants’ invention of the shopping mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. Publishers Weekly writes, “Contending that malls answer ‘the basic human need’ of bringing people together, influential design critic Lange advocates for retrofitting abandoned shopping centers into college campuses, senior housing, and ‘ethnocentric marketplaces’ catering to immigrant communities. Lucid and well researched, this is an insightful study of an overlooked and undervalued architectural form.”
Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition) by Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition)
By Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Publisher: Letterform Archives Books
Published: October 2023
This facsimile edition of Die Fläche, recreates every page of the formative design periodical in full color and at original size, accompanied by essays that contextualize the work, highlighting contributions by pathbreaking women, innovative lettering artists, and key practitioners of the new “surface art,” including Rudolf von Larisch, Alfred Roller, and Wiener Werkstätte founders Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann.
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